<img height="1" width="1" style="display:none" src="https://www.facebook.com/tr?id=730207053839709&amp;ev=PageView&amp;noscript=1">
Skip to the main content.

matt haugen

Matt Haugen has been collecting and sharing the great stories of Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity as Communications Manager since 2010. He earned his undergraduate and master’s degree from Northwestern University before spending ten years writing for TV news in the Twin Cities. He’s passionate about convincing people when he’s right on things, and being educated about it when he’s not.

A brighter future for Verania in Costa Rica

Verania Gomes Centeno is 25 years old, a single mother of three young children, Jarel is 6 years old, Genesis is 4 years old and Joshua is 2 years old.

Read More

Twin Cities Habitat volunteers building milestone home in Mozambique

A group of 18 volunteers from the Twin Cities are building the 2,000th Habitat home in Mozambique as part of a Global Village trip. Twin Cities...

Read More

Women Build 2011 kicks off with A Brush with Kindness project

Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity’s popular Women Build program kicked off a summer full of projects by painting a St. Paul home during the first week...

Read More

CEOs building with Twin Cities Habitat

More than three dozen top executives from Minnesota companies are volunteering for Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity’s 10th Annual CEO Build on...

Read More

Wells Fargo provides $325K to revitalize neighborhoods with Twin Cities Habitat

Yahoo! News– Sept. 21, 2011 Minneapolis - Low-income families throughout the Twin Cities metro area will benefit from a $325,000 grant Wells Fargo is...

Read More

Women Build 2011 Columbia Heights home week 12

Here’s the thing about details – there are SO MANY. The finishing touches on a house can take weeks to accomplish, because the punch list never seems...

Read More

Women Build 2011 Columbia Heights home coming together

“Love is in the details?” Walking through the Columbia Heights home this week, it struck me that this place is really a labor of love. If you take a...

Read More

Women Build 2011 Columbia Heights home week 9

It was all about floors when I visited the Women Build volunteers on Saturday. This is detail work, folks, and it requires some serious measuring...

Read More

Women Build 2011 Columbia Heights home week 8

The Women Build home on Van Buren is a bright sunny house. It’s on a hilly lot with steps up to the front porch and steps going down to the garage...

Read More

Women Build 2011 Columbia Heights home week 7

“How do you give back to your community?” Last week, three volunteers met to share a ride to the Women Build site. It was early and they decided to...

Read More